This Flete, which an havene soghte,

The bryghte fyres sih a ferr,

And thei hem drowen nerr and nerr, 1040

And wende wel and understode

How al that fyr was mad for goode,

To schewe wher men scholde aryve,

And thiderward thei hasten blyve.[929]

In Semblant, as men sein, is guile,

And that was proved thilke while;

The Schip, which wende his helpe acroche,[930]